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The United States military announced Monday that it had completed its withdrawal from Niger, after coup leaders in the African country demanded that its troops depart.The United States had more than 1,000 troops in Niger as part of anti-jihadist missions in several Sahel nations of West Africa, including a major drone base near Agadez, but …

US military says withdrawal from Niger is completeMon, 16 Sep 2024 15:59:58 GMT Read More »

Brentford are set to be without DR Congo forward Yoane Wissa for “a couple of months” with an ankle injury, the Premier League club’s manager Thomas Frank said Monday.Wissa, 28 opened the scoring inside 30 seconds against champions Manchester City on Saturday, but was then substituted just before half-time following a challenge with Mateo Kovacic …

Brentford forward Wissa out for ‘a couple of months’Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:32:52 GMT Read More »

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Monday to discuss tackling illegal immigration, a day after another Channel migrant shipwreck claimed eight lives.Starmer, whose centre-left Labour Party was elected with a crushing parliamentary majority in July, has vowed to fight illegal immigration, a hot-button topic in British politics …

UK PM Starmer meets Italy’s Meloni for illegal immigration talksMon, 16 Sep 2024 10:42:54 GMT Read More »

Each year the world produces around 400 million tonnes of plastic waste, much of it discarded after just a few minutes of use.Negotiators hope to reach the world’s first treaty on plastic pollution this year, but across five very different countries, AFP found single-use plastic remains hugely popular as a cheap and convenient choice, illustrating …

‘Easy, convenient, cheap’: how single-use plastic rules the worldMon, 16 Sep 2024 03:43:31 GMT Read More »

Nigeria’s Dangote refinery, Africa’s largest, has finally begun delivering petrol, a game changer for the oil-rich country that frequently faces gasoline shortages.The oft-delayed 650,000-barrel-a-day refinery built by Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote began producing diesel and aviation fuel in January, but the OPEC member has had to rely on costly gasoline imports to keep cars running …

Nigeria’s Dangote refinery begins petrol deliveriesSun, 15 Sep 2024 16:10:51 GMT Read More »

A man who attacked Comoros President Azali Assoumani with a knife, wounding him slightly, has been found dead in prison in unclear circumstances, the public prosecutor said on Saturday. The attack took place on Friday afternoon during a funeral for a well-known religious leader in Salimani-Itsandra, a village near the capital Moroni. Prosecutor Ali Mohamed Djounaid said …

Comoros president’s attacker found dead in prison: prosecutorSat, 14 Sep 2024 18:02:36 GMT Read More »

Ugandans on Saturday paid tributes to Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei, who died after her partner set her on fire in Kenya, finally burying her near her family village.  The 33-year-old, who debuted this summer in the women’s marathon at the Paris Olympics, succumbed to severe burns last week after being attacked by Kenyan Dickson Ndiema Marangach. The …

Uganda holds funeral for murdered Olympian CheptegeiSat, 14 Sep 2024 16:41:13 GMT Read More »

Ursula Felkers moved to “Tin Can Town” in 2007 after being evicted from an apartment near the centre of Cape Town when a new landlord took over. She thought she would only be in Blikkiesdorp — where row upon row of shacks stand on a desolate plot next to Cape Town’s international airport — for a …

Poor squeezed out by Cape Town housing shortageSat, 14 Sep 2024 05:30:07 GMT Read More »

Uganda on Saturday will lay to rest Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei, who died earlier this month after her partner set her on fire in the latest incident of horrific gender-based violence in Kenya.The 33-year-old, who debuted this summer in the women’s marathon at the Paris Olympics, succumbed to severe burns last week after being attacked by …

Uganda to bury murdered Olympian CheptegeiSat, 14 Sep 2024 02:06:01 GMT Read More »

A United Nations official returning from Sudan described on Friday how women and girls fleeing the civil war there had been “stripped bare of their basic necessities,” struggling for food, water and safety.”We all know that war is ugly, but this is one of the ugliest situations that I have ever witnessed in my entire …

UN official says Sudan IDP women in desperate need of protectionFri, 13 Sep 2024 20:39:11 GMT Read More »